CTENIDIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: ctenidia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ctenidium" is a kind of...):

branchia; gill (respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water)

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